Marc Ross has emerged as a hot candidate on the NFL job market. Just consider the stats: The New York Giants college scouting director is under consideration for four of the seven vacant NFL general manager jobs in the league.

Ross, 39, is scheduled to interview with the New York Jets on Monday and the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday. He has already interviewed with the San Diego Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Ross has worked under Giants general manager Jerry Reese since 2007 after serving as a scout for three years with the Buffalo Bills and becoming the league's youngest college scouting director with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2000.

"I think he has everything you're looking for in a general manager," former NFL scout and executive John Wooten told USA TODAY Sports on Sunday. "No. 1, he's a top talent evaluator. Jerry Reese gave him an outstanding opportunity, letting him run the draft."

The support that Ross has from Wooten hasn't hurt. Wooten heads the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which monitors and promotes opportunities for minority coaches and executives in the NFL. Two years ago, Ross interviewed for the Seattle Seahawks general manager role that went to John Schneider.

Said Wooten, "He's thoroughly ready to be a GM. He knows talent, knows the business side of the NFL and knows the salary cap."

Wooten said that the seven NFL teams looking to fill head coaching vacancies during this hiring cycle have fully complied with the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires interviewing at least one minority candidate.